- Heroin - Can you really kick it? Wife of addict 6th December 2004
... promises (sometimes) of it not happening again. He is on methadone - 100mg daily. He thought for sure this would be what...
... or so) in order to stay clean. If he's on 100mg of methadone then he'll have to work down is dose to about 10mgs...
... promises (sometimes) of it not happening again. He is on methadone - 100mg daily. He thought for sure this would be what ... ones out there you just find whats right for you. The methadone in my S/O opinion WILL NOT HELP HIM KICK THE HABIT...
... it was a long road to it. I also went through two methadone clinics with the last one having me on 200 mg. What ... I found is that the methadone is the hardest of all to quit and not want again. ... that I would just have to live the rest of my life on methadone and it was the only way for me to be normal again ... done was when I slipped twice and took someone else's methadone . Eventually the methadone does not work as far as...
... 30 day center or a medical detox? Also, did you use methadone treatment? My last post was very very long and I ... occassionally taking med for pain then he started on Methadone - doc's said might also help with pain. Not much though...
... 30 day center or a medical detox? Also, did you use methadone treatment? My last post was very very long and I ... occassionally taking med for pain then he started on Methadone - doc's said might also help with pain. Not much though...
... patient and I went through out. I also went through the methadone program twice. I left a lot of the times early in ... Eventually I got really tired of rehabs and stuck with methadone . Honestly I think that methadone got me hooked more ... I wound up in jail and was forced off of 200mg of methadone cold turkey. That detox took me down for the count...
... Husband insisting the only thing he is on is the methadone and taking an Oxy here and there for is back pain ... heroin daze, even though he insists it was just the methadone and combo of benzo's his psychiatrist has him on ...
... hell, I'd even settle for him just staying on the methadone and getting stable and such.......YIKES!!!! :) !!...
... would be happy if he could just get stable on the methadone and keep on with his group therapy and get to a point ... I was curious about the suboxone. Is it similar to methadone treatment in anyway? I looked online and think this ... with pain ?? or am I confused. The doctor told us the methadone would be helpful for pain also but my husband says...
... to the website at the end). Suboxone is similar to Methadone in some ways. One major difference is that you dont ... medicines, one is buprenorphine which is painkiller like methadone or morphine but gives you less of a "high" and is...
- Allmost Giving up. 6th December 2004
... tried doing the same this time a 3 weeks ago by taking methadone for the seven days to avoid the sickness. Two weeks ... because im ready to give up. Please remember I only took methadone for 7 days....
... Methadone is the purest opiate you can put in your body. I...
- wife trying to help 5th December 2004
... Well, Methadone worked for me.
My friend just made a few phone calls ... and he prescribed it for me. NO withdrawls. I was on methadone for about 3 months.
I am over a month narcotic free...
- difference between meth and sub??????? 4th December 2004
... be physically addicting. I don't get it. I know methadone kicked my butt addiction wise. Eventually I got where ... I would have rather had methadone cuz it was purer and stronger. Anyone tried both...
- KICKIN' EASILY! who'd have thought 4th December 2004
... Have u ever tried methadone ? I don't suggest it but I am wondering. I have been ... tell me what you know about this sub and compare to methadone if you can. It was not around when I quit. Go girl...
... agonist(properties that make youo painfree and high). methadone , is a complete agonist. created by the germans in ... and the Oxy family as well.) well, the advantage of methadone , is its half life, which has to be more than 24hrs ... long half life. i've heard many times in my life that methadone is much harder to kick than any other opiate.. most ... think they called it OrLAAM, brand name which was like methadone in the same family as levorphanol.. anyhow, this alternativ ... e lasted 3 DAYS! instead of 1 day like methadone does.. so youo only had to take your drugs once every ... its half life is just as long if not longer than methadone , something like 24 to 36 hrs. and its receptor specific ... having natural pain killers, youve been making them. methadone fills all the receptors, so when you stop taking methadone ... titrate down (not sure what word to use), you taper down methadone slowly.. very slowly, trying to make the pain as bearable...
... would be less damaging to the liver? She mentioned methadone , but also said that if anything should happen, a screw ... life. I couldn't begin to list the losses.
Would methadone allow me some energy, free from pain? Or does it cause ... even more weakness? Would it be possible to be on methadone for the rest of my life?
To anyone who has had the...
... time, just screwed up later.
As far as being on methadone forever, It is a very good long lasting pain killer ... benefited many many people. The only bad thing about methadone is long term withdrawel. Other than that, it won't...
... or its lesson(s).
I take it, from your reply, that Methadone is less damaging on the liver and I will of course ... there will be problems getting a month's worth of methadone at once, let alone bring it overseas.
Thanks so ... Blurayne, you helped me with something more than just the methadone -forever question........ it's time I took care of...
- The Twins --with hope, relief--and some fear--have a Suboxone Doctor's Appt. Tuesday 4th December 2004
... all, please keep posting!! And, Dallas, how is the Methadone dosage working for you--do you feel stablized, yet...
- Subutex question.... 2nd December 2004
... relatively short WD period for those who go cold turkey..... Methadone is the stickiest,oxy's probably second..Heroin,believe...
- Hi Dallasalice 2nd December 2004
... about you.
How are things working out with the Methadone ? Have you found just the right dose, yet? Well...listen...
... addicted, single mother who is either downing her methadone , dissolving a suboxone tablet, or waiting for the...
- Trivial- but a question nontheless- getting off antidep after sobriety 1st December 2004
... and not chronic pain (although I have cp and take methadone and vic's for it).
BE CAREFUL WITH NEURONTIN!!...
- Hi, I want you to know theres hope 30th November 2004
... same way. I am now three years clean off of 200mg methadone cold turkey, heroin, crack, alcohol, and pills. I...
- Methadone taken with other RX 30th November 2004
... [url]http://www.coldwaterworld.com/ methadone .html[/url]
My dr. gave me a Hydroxyzine (Vistaril ... ) boosts potency by 30-50% while I was taking 8 methadone pills a day. I would fall asleep standing up. I would...
... will show other scripts. that will interfere with the methadone . just trying to help.
:)...
... Some drugs are dangerous but I do know that my old methadone doctor used to perscribe us valium, xanex, kalotipin...
- Cleanstart I Am Proud Of You 25th November 2004
... are doing great..
Julie..you too-you are off the methadone ..that is GREAT WORK!!!
I wanted to make sure you...
- Help I am worried 25th November 2004
... not do it on my own, so I went to the Dr. and got methadone treatment (I think you know my story?). But you see ... pharmacists. I researched on the internet more about my methadone than my dr. even knew. He would give me false information ... .(wrong explanations for my side effects of the methadone , etc) He did not even know about online pharmacies...
... HICleanstart;
I am glad that you are well.
My methadone dr lets me take 4 5mg valium a day and that helps...
... HICleanstart;
I am glad that you are well.
My methadone dr lets me take 4 5mg valium a day and that helps...
- Feeling absolutely horrid 22nd November 2004
... easier Cody and mentally it will too! When I stopped methadone after 2 1/2 years the withdrawl was so horrid and ... day and that was horrible too but no comaprison to methadone . I am 31 years old now and I am taking about 10 mg...
... anyone is wondering, it has been 37 days since my last methadone pill.
I am getting so much better every day and the...
- My Love Affair with Hydrocodone...Please help me :( 21st November 2004
... car accident several years ago. Percocet turned into Methadone 10-20mg a day for 2 1/2 years and then I was off to ... do. I went through horrible withdrawls from taking methadone a coupke years ago and let me tell you I thought I...
... and we went the very next day.
The Dr. put me on Methadone treatment...I was able to get prescriptions and take ... be ashamed about.
I am over 20 days clean of the methadone or any other narcotics.
The methadone treatment is...
- I feel Horrible... 21st November 2004
... although the way I got off of the pain pills was with Methadone , a 3 month treatment.
It was pretty hard after that ... pills alot.
Its been about a month since my last methadone pill and I am doing good.
If I can do it, you can...
... you well. I was in jail when I came off 200 mg of methadone cold turkey. After the physical pain wore off I still...
- Question for long term sub users..?..?..? 19th November 2004
... I am an ex opiat user of all kinds includin methadone and one quetion....what the heck is sub?...
- Pat 88 you there? 19th November 2004
... post to me you said you went 21 days no sleep kicking methadone right? I NEED to sleep, sometimes i think you can...
... the worst part of narcotic withdrawl. When I kicked methadone in '88, I really started thinking I would never sleep...
... male chef,divorced father of two...am on 60 - 90mg of methadone for opiate addiction/chronic back pain which is resulting...
... I kicked 200 mg of methadone that I had been on for almost two years. You can ... if it is only vics you will make it. Don't get on methadone ....
- Methadone Detox Question 18th November 2004
... im on 90mg of methadone ...i was on 60mg for a year but my back finallly blew ... weeek or two to have somewhat succccesful fdetox from methadone and even then you would have to go on clonidine or ... should see a doc....but to be successful to get off the methadone it has to be done very slow,very.very slow otherwise...
... and I am primarily a opiate user. I was on 200mg of methadone and cocain for some reason while on that stuff was ... and eventually I messed up and got kicked out of the methadone clinic and the cocain stopped only because I had to ... it was not over there because once again I was on methadone and back on cocain. Honestly I have been in numerous ... to the addict. To this day I have seen heroin and methadone and have no turning of my stomach but I even talk...
- It is me stacey! 18th November 2004
... you have to deal w/ all this ****.
So you are on methadone ...its helping?
Did you end up getting strung out...
- Gabitril should I take it? 16th November 2004
... have chronic pain and my main medication for it is Methadone . I haven't noticed any big changes since I started...
- Question for those who have been there 16th November 2004
... am NO expert at this, I am almost 2 weeks off of my methadone treatment; I took my last methadone pill 13 days ago...
... am NO expert at this, I am almost 2 weeks off of my methadone treatment; I took my last methadone pill 13 days ago...
... Still not sleeping very well either. When I stopped methadone I had the same symptoms. Took about 2 to 3 weeks for...
- PAT88 you there? 15th November 2004
... years never posted till now and after all ive read methadone is the worst not many make it and certainly not c...
- Comtrex Cold and Flu helps withdrawls: 13th November 2004
... years I have taken my share of pills. I was addited to Methadone for 2 1/2 years taking 1-2 10 mg tablets a day which...
- ultram questions 13th November 2004
... nightmarish withdrawals in my life, from percocet, methadone , zanax, etc. That was over 16 years ago. In 1988...
- Brother using again, please help 12th November 2004
... was a dope addict and we been through re-hab and the methadone program and other things but he always seem to go...
- ChappyBoy 12th November 2004
... with her and explained the hydro. abuse, then the methadone treatment, then told her I was 8 days off and having...
... maybe I should try that again.
I need to see my methadone dr. next week, he wanted to see me a month after my...
- Support 11th November 2004
... That's OK. I went 21 days without sleep when I kicked methadone . Ya don't die from lack of sleep. We have alot in...
... what you are going thru right now. When I came off methadone in 88 everything I did, and I mean everything felt...
- oxycontin withdrawl 11th November 2004
... am determined to cold turkey this...I cold turkeyed methadone 16 years ago and I am in recovery. Go to NA. Too sick...
... am determined to cold turkey this...I cold turkeyed methadone 16 years ago and I am in recovery. Go to NA. Too sick...
... years this Dec.10th. I know the pain of withdrawl.... methadone , heroin, cocaine, valium, weed.....cold turkeyed it...
... post to me that 16 years ago you beat an addiction to methadone .i have never had methadone but ive spent 3 years reading ... od drug addiction message boards i would say that methadone is one of the worst drugs to come off of, it seems...
... If you kicked methadone this will be piece of cake. You know that in your ... head. You will be fine. Methadone is the worst of the worst to kick if you ask me. ...
... 160 is not a light dose a day. You have kicked methadone and my guess is that this will be nothing compared ... while. It might help along with baths. How much methadone were you on?...
- Rough Start 11th November 2004
... That totally sucks. A couple years ago I was taking Methadone 10-20 mg= to 1-2 tablets a day for a couple of years...
... painful, I have been there and done that a few times. Methadone was the hardest for me and NEVER again will I put...
- Hi it's Julie 10th November 2004
... I wanted to let you know how my methadone treatment went.
I could not find my origional post ... .
I started on the methadone approx. 3 months ago,
dr. started me at 8, then every...
... have to taper off those too. he also hung on to my methadone bless his heart)...
... story there. Just wanted to congratulate you. I kicked methadone 16 years ago. Was taking 85 to 100mg for ten years...
... your question about me having doctor's care for my methadone withdrawl....yes and no. I saw an addictionologist...
... HI everyone.
15 days today since my last methadone pill.
Today I have 2 appts:
One with my therapist ... , and one with the Dr. that prescribed the methadone for me.
Interersted to know what my methadone dr ...
Hard to explain this person.
Anyway I ended the methadone 2 weeks early becuase I just could not handle taking...
... am going to go see her again next week.
went to methadone dr. and he was actually really understanding and he ... information............maybe it would help him with future methadone patients to see that there are easy ways to get access...
... tell you what will work and what won't. I was on methadone and I personally would never recommend it to anyone ... BUT I also know from three years clean from 200mg of methadone and long time heroin use that each individual has...
- Newbie - Changing my life 9th November 2004
... make yourself think about. For me because I was a methadone and crack head I would think about the most awful ... and I was convinced three years ago I would be on methadone for the rest of my life. Sorry I did not mean to...
- pregnant & on vicodin 8th November 2004
... thought I was going to have to have a child while on methadone because back then I never saw myself getting off of...
- Michael,goddesgirl,agentalias..sub users..Question?? 8th November 2004
... drop it down again. But unless you were in oxy or methadone , I don't know why you would still be feeling such...
... fein with three years off the crap but all we had was methadone ....
... Hey jess-
Suboxone is similar to methadone ..replacement therapy-but it has antagonist properties...
... about time they came up with something other than methadone . I have seen on the boards that some people get a ... night though. Honestly I was convinced I would be on methadone for the rest of my life. I am even having my first...
- Stacey/Michelle/Banker/Sammi/alices/BC-kimbee 8th November 2004
... missed my old "crew." LOL...!
I'm still on the methadone , and I haven't reduced or increased my dose, but I ... I hate this sweet tooth I've developed since the methadone , and I've gained 10 lbs. and I see more coming! I...
... lots of comfy..ness.
DALLAS!..Whatsssup!! :)
The methadone can have a more "jonsesy" aspect than the sub..from...
... , about the changes you are experiencing with the methadone ? Does he think the emotional problems you are feeling ... discussed the breakthru withdrawal with your nice methadone doctor. That's important! You've done so well and...
- Needing Help Please!!!! Having a breakdown! 7th November 2004
... My g/f went on methadone for her pill addiction. I stopped myself. I have ... taken them hear and there since she has been on the methadone appx a month and a half. My problem is my depression ... Because addiction is hard enough. My g/f is on methadone , but if she knows I took pills she wants to even though...
- What is neurontin 1st November 2004
... any benifit to ease pain, or is it a altewrnative to methadone without the lines, or slight buzz, thanx in advance...
- Need encouragement/support 30th October 2004
...
I was wondering why you haven't investigated Methadone or Sub?
It's cheaper than buying all the Hydro...
- Detox questions 27th October 2004
... with hard work!
First, many facilities still use methadone for detox. Heroin, oxycontin, vicodin, percocet etc ... more acceptable! it's all the same....
Detox from methadone can be very bad, but that is when someone has been ... on methadone for a longer period of time as in maintanence treatment ... that he does not become physically addicted to the methadone while they get his body off of the other pills. But ... or for maintanence. It is similiar in theory to methadone , in that it is a replacement that fills similiar receptor...
... so I can't say much to help. But...are you sure the Methadone is not being given for just a very short period through...
... to Al-Anon. I don't like the idea of him getting methadone treatment(prolonging the agony) but the docs will...
... where you are from however, I live in Canada and here Methadone is only used to treat Heroin addiction. It might have ... I at one time would not have encourage the use of Methadone however, after first hand experience to see it's ability ... have found from talking to addicts that withdraw from Methadone that if done properly under a Doctor's care the withdrawals...
- Immediate Help! 25th October 2004
... oxy's etc.The only one that will come up negative is methadone but it will be positive for meth if that is part of...
... expensive. I don't know about the cost of Sub, but Methadone is very inexpensive. I just read on one of the boards ... the Sub was about three to four times the cost (of Methadone ) each month....
... will come back negative for opiates and positive for methadone ....
- Suboxone - WD please help 22nd October 2004
... stand the withdrawals from the buprenorphine. Even methadone does not seem to prevent the withdrawals. This drug...
... I have been there and still take pain meds. I take Methadone . That is why I read this message board because I...
- SARANDIPTIY IS BACK FROM REHAB! Hi, Im Sara, and Im and Addict! 22nd October 2004
... especially when I was either heading to, or at my methadone clinic. You've given us a great insight into the...
- Hi Evry One 20th October 2004
... asked for from the members here, I decided to go on methadone . I considered Sub, but the cost was prohibitive. ... into people who think if you're on the Sub or the Methadone , that you're just trading in one drug for anther?...
... to know I am 100% clean but I would not let Sub or Methadone stop me from going to meetings. I wouldn't tell them...
- Sub MDs,and Mds in general..ANGRY!!! grr.. 20th October 2004
... But I am not very well-versed on the sub as I am on methadone for my prior 15/day vicodin habit (the 10/325s so ... around $4-500/mth for it, and I was able to go the methadone way for $180/mth. If I could have afforded it, I ... don't think my post is to encourage you to do the methadone in any way! I am writing you because I am just truly...
... who have some kind of taper/substitute i.e. sub or methadone seem to stay away from the pills/dope a lot better...
- Addict in recovery in need of opinion about another addict still using 19th October 2004
... What about Methadone ? Is this part of your recovery and do you think yours...
... [QUOTE=Windy 2]What about Methadone ? Is this part of your recovery and do you think yours ... benefit from this drug?
I really don't like the whole Methadone idea. I just think it's like replacing one drug for...
... she hasn't reached that point yet. Other than the methadone , there is also a drug, Suboxone, that is fairly new...
... again everyone...the drug suboxone...is that like methadone ? I mean, do you have to go get it from a clinic or...
- Methadone Withdrawl PLEASE HELP 17th October 2004
... recovering addict. I spent the last 4 months on short term methadone maintenance. I am currently in the Detox phase, and ... of weeks. All the horror stories i've heard about Methadone withdrawl are starting to get to me. Is Methadone...
... calm your fears about impending w/d. I've been taking Methadone for a little over a year now for pain managment, I...
... actual detox your facing once you're weaned off the methadone will not be pleasant,but it's suffering for several...
... slight fever, I was paranoid that it was caused by the methadone but at the clinic they said its just a cold. So far...
... Chill! Don't walk off. Methadone is not heroin. I was on it for years. Looking back...
... adds to my already existent fear of the end of my methadone maintenance therapy! Mine is far away yet, though ... with it!"
I am currently at 110 mgs. of liquid methadone daily, and what I've learned is that to better your...
... I was on Methadone treatment and it was NOT a horror story.
Started ... NOT a horror story.
Its 21 days today since my last methadone pill. I am not craving the hydros.
I had very minimal...
- Vicodin Issues 17th October 2004
... which i havent bought...etc. My girlfriend went on methadone , because she couldnt get off. I can but now, because ... considered NA and im going to go b/c she has to on the methadone program. I guess we shall just see...wallowing in...
- Today starts my new life 14th October 2004
... fibromyalgia. I go to a pain clinic and I have been taking Methadone 10 mg. 4 times a day. I usually only take 2/day on ... is why I would take so many during the day. With Methadone I take them as prescribed. I haven't posted much and...
- I'm back......... 14th October 2004
... of the things that concerns me about being on the methadone ...if I have a medical procedure or have any real pain ... my primary doc (or surgeon or whoever) that I am on methadone and will require much more of whatever for pain relief ... and just leave out the part about having to use a methadone clinic in order to do so as I wasn't taking just 50...
- Addicted To Everything 11th October 2004
... sober awhile. Got addicted to Hydrocodone. Went on Methadone . Started smoking crack again. Got sober and stayed...
- how to stop oxy? 9th October 2004
... rehab(at least 28 days). My nephew kicked Oxy and Methadone in a detox then went to a 28 day rehab. He's been...
- Doing Pretty Good 8th October 2004
... I am doing pretty good lately.
I have been on methadone for about 2 months,
went to dr. a few days ago, and...
- Addicted to Lortab...Need Help... 7th October 2004
... a MEDICAL DETOX and DON'T jump on the Suboxone or Methadone . I'm for getting the dopesickness overwith for good ... feeling like crap and trying to kick something else( methadone kick is brutal). To each his own....whatever works ... . If it is a taper, Suboxone (not Methadone !), medically-supervised detox.....hey, if it works...
- For Those With "Clean Time" 4th October 2004
... for three years almost off of heroin and crack and methadone . It is really hard in the beginning to not have the...
... Well, I went the methadone route after several failed attempts to get clean any ... one addiction for another - Yes, I am dependent on methadone , but I definately believe there is a difference between ... being dependent on something and being addicted. Methadone doesn't consume my life, there's no chase, and I definately ... But, anyway, this post is not an advertisment for methadone ...lol.
I think one thing that is very important...
... every type of drug out there including,
meth, H, methadone , pain pills (opiates), xanax, valium and booze. I...
- In two hours I'll be on Methadone or Suboxone. 30th September 2004
... NA for a week now every day and today I will start Methadone or Suboxone. Wife is going with me to the appointment ... will come with time.
Get on Suboxone. Please. Methadone can be just as addictive as anything else. I am not ... Iwas in detox 3 of the 6 there were there because of Methadone . All I do is preach about Suboxone, but it saved me...
... the road to recovery. Oh, also, I've taken 20mg of methadone , and feel a barely percpeptiple buzz, but nothing...
- been away, need help! 27th September 2004
... slowly enough to avoid withdrawal symptoms.
Unlike Methadone , you can get a prescription for Suboxone from doctors...
- Happy Birthday DallasAlice!!!!!!!!!!!!! 25th September 2004
... she's "cured." Little does he know that she is on methadone ! She waits till he's gone to work and her kids are ... you all; my sense of taste I celbrated by tasting my methadone and aknowledging its role in my new life, and later...
... !! How in the world is she going to cover-up this Methadone after-care program, if she has to sneak off just to...
- Methadone question for anyone who has had good results with it. 24th September 2004
... Hi Blue Julie:
I have been on methadone maintenance treatment for quite a while now, and as ... anything but be honest). I have never really heard of methadone being given/prescribed in the manner that you've taken ... familiar with that type of treatment, as far as using methadone specifically for opiate addiction. May I ask what ... on what doctors are even allowed to prescribe it. Methadone is an extremely regulated drug, so if he is prescribing ... he doesn't have to follow the same guidelines as a methadone clinic, but then I wouldn't think he would be privy ... to the latest and newest information regarding methadone maintenance for opiate addiction. The doctors who ... until certain criteria are met. Are you getting your methadone like any other ordinary prescription? If you are, ... doctor may not be real "up to date" or knowledgable of methadone maintenance treatment. This is only a guess, and I ... I started treatment, I was always being told that methadone maintenance was considered a long term treatment, ... couple months ago who described his wife being given methadone by her doctor, and that too sounded a little strange ... doctor admitted that he wasn't real familiar with methadone , but he would try to help her. Yikes.
Anyway, ... these feelings you described, anxiety, grumpy...the methadone dose being decreased is certainly not going to ease ... haven't had to take any other medications with the methadone , with the exception of Trazadone (for sleeping) in ... can find someone who is capable of prescribing the methadone in a manner that would be beneficial to you and your...
... right, he is NOT familiar with alot of things about methadone and is not up to date at all.
Alot of side effects ... as dificulty urinating (he did not think it was the methadone ),
Swelling of my feet (thought I was drinking too ... with a lower
doseage, and he weaned her off of the methadone much more quickly than my dr.
I have done alot of ... different dosages that drs. give
their patients of methadone ....
... how many drugs you took has to do with the dosage of methadone they start you with.....
All in all, even though ... I dont know much about methadone , I am pretty happy
with the dosages he is giving...
... julie,
i am going to make a post for you about some methadone things. im just posting this so you know that and...
... can answer, but I can sure share my experience with methadone with you. You are at the point of going off of it...
... on.
I cannot believe that people would stay on methadone for longer than
a few months. My understanding, ... dosage,
then taper down, until completely off.
methadone is a narcotic, and the whole idea is to get off of ... it.
Like I said, my friend that I email, who is on methadone 's dr.
pretty much is doing it like my dr. only even...
... there seems to be a couple of ways to treat with the methadone .
Personally, even though its not easy, I think I ... am worried about "wigging out" once I take my last methadone .
I am really thinking that if I have a few backups ... patch you were talking about a narcotic??
I am on 3 methadone a day for about another week and a half, then I am...
... has a sedating effect.
Julie wrote - I am on 3 methadone a day for about another week and a half, then I am...
... the Clonidine
and not the dr. you were getting the methadone from?
just curious....
... tad.....(for the most part. I DO have bad days)
The methadone has been very good for me, so far.
I am just thinking...
... for julie,
right now my dose is 50mg methadone every morning about 9am. it has been at 50 for several ... 140mg. this dose is where i was when i stablelized on methadone after getting in treatment. i chose to voluntarily ... my dose because i had thots of coming entirely off methadone at one point. i reduced 3mg every 3 days. i reduced ... and am confident i can handle life on my own without methadone .
i wanted to comment on the dose you were started ... before i got on the program i had a connection for methadone and was taking 20-30mg each day. this was just enough ... experience in treating addiction. particularly with methadone .
the other point is about the reduction. i believe...
- unsure addiction vs relief 24th September 2004
... no relief or very little. i have just started 20 mg methadone with hopes of tapering off oxy and finding some relief...
... least trying after raising oxy she says a new med methadone should be tryed. so far i only take a small dose at...
... Hey Amy and Painman,
Methadone is not a "new" drug - it's been around for a looong ... lost my job and my insurance my doc switched me the methadone (costs pennies per day instead of dollars per dose...
... can live life.i dont get high i dont drink i take methadone im doing well this way.i hope just knowing were out...
- Dallas............................. 24th September 2004
... short time nor am I going to be able to just quit the methadone maintenance treatment overnight either. When I am ... I certainly wasn't "living" by any means.)
The methadone can only do so much, though, and then the rest is...
- I just don't know which way would be best 24th September 2004
... works. Suboxone is another drug you'll have to kick. Methadone is another gorilla on your back. Do detox/rehab and...
- suboxone taper/detox-post experiences... 23rd September 2004
... to get hooked again I went to detox they put me on methadone I didn't want to be on that so I looked for a differen...
... go through all the w/d's and other things with the methadone and now your going through it with the sub. This...
- Please help me Get off of the Pain Killers! 23rd September 2004
... work becuase the withdrawls are so bad! I brought up Methadone and she told me that she wouldn't give that to me ... . I really didn't want the Methadone , but I was desperate and just wanted something to ... or I will get fired! The only thing I know about is Methadone , but where I live that is not something a doctor will...
... work becuase the withdrawls are so bad! I brought up Methadone and she told me that she wouldn't give that to me ... . I really didn't want the Methadone , but I was desperate and just wanted something to ... or I will get fired! The only thing I know about is Methadone , but where I live that is not something a doctor will...
... something else you'll have to kick. A detox from methadone is BRUTAL and you don't want to go that route. Go...
... see recent threads on this Board). It is similar to Methadone ...but you can get an Rx for it...so that you do not...
- Quick ? About Drug Testing 22nd September 2004
... had a question about pre employment drug testing a Methadone usage. I take meth for chronic pain (along with vicodin...
... DO require a test I will disclose the info as the Methadone WILL show up as an opiate.
In this tought job...
- first day at the clinic 21st September 2004
... hoping there was in fact some type of buzz with the methadone . Once we make that choice to get rid of our little ... those issues in the future...WITHOUT my pills. The methadone does give you a sense of well-being, or what most...
... place in a matter of hours or days as it is with the methadone (and I suppose the sub, also). A whole new way of...
... Methadone is perhaps better than illegal street drugs but it ... legally can lead normal healthy lives (and hence that methadone users can live the same quality of lives as clean...
- Message to DaliceAlice 21st September 2004
... young kid at that) until now, that is. Now I am on methadone for my 20+ year addiction to pain pills, and it's...
- I'm in serious trouble, advice from Suboxone users please and quick! 19th September 2004
... get on some kind of maintenance. I am not sure that methadone is what I want, due mostly to the fact that I have ... to it as percocet.
Would someone who is using methadone or suboxone please give me a personal first hand account ... are the symptoms?
3. How long have you been using methadone or suboxone?
4. Does it make you high?
5. How...
... on both Sub (Banker, Sammi, Godessgrl, Octomon) and Methadone (Dallas Alice and Rockingham.) I am currently looking...
... does not give you a high.. and you are right about Methadone . I've taken it (the pills) and all I wanted to do...
... Rockingham....Help MMT Questions"
it has good info about methadone treatment DCV.
good luck bro :)...
... getting off of Oxy and I knew I DID NOT want to go on Methadone . Mainly because I did not want to take the time to...
... recovery plan.
I don't want to get into a debate about methadone (God knows we've all seen plenty of opinions on this ... influence on your choice; but it doesn't seem as though methadone got a fair shake in your thread. I have been on MMT ... ( methadone maintenance treatment) for quite some time now, and ... available to you....
1. Does is relieve pain?
Methadone is used many times as a pain medication, without using ... experience wd's from your drug of choice while taking the methadone , or do you experience wd's from methadone when it ... is time to discontinue use? As soon as you begin methadone treatment, any wd symptoms you are having will substantiall ... y subside. That is the concept of methadone treatment, it facilitates recovery by suppressing ... addiction and how to deal with "life" without the pills. Methadone isn't a quick fix, you need to seriously work on your ... recovery while taking the methadone . The clinic that I go to requires mandatory counseling ... along with the methadone treatment. Now, if you meant do you experience wd ... 's from the methadone once you decide to discontinue it, the answer SHOULD ... be no, or very little. If you are tapered off of methadone under medical supervision at a SLOW AND METHODICAL ... tapered off much too quickly. This is another reason why methadone should be considered more of a long term recovery ... everything. I am a chronic relapser which is another reason methadone was suggested by the rehab facility I was in at the ... give you a sense of well-being. You usually feel the methadone "kick in" about an hour to 2 hours after you dose ... to yourself, including overdose. You will not have methadone in your posession at the beginning of treatment ....
- analize this 19th September 2004
... I can't keep piling up the debt, so I just started methadone 11 weeks ago, and so far, so good--only one relapse...
... myself, did I turn to this board and later, to the methadone that has surely helped me in my quest to turn my life...
... was very happy (and relieved) when I went into the methadone program & they did a liver and kidney enzyme test ... addressing my addiction to pain pills first by going on the methadone , & next I have begun addressing my 15-yr. use of benzos...
- Alice, Jen, Rockingham....HELP!?!? MMT questions 19th September 2004
... weight gain, sleepiness in the evenings... BUT... IMO, Methadone does the exact same thing. I was taking over 20 lortab ... but I promise you it's a lot.
I have received methadone pills before while I was withdrawing and my experience ... days of this, I found myself taking more and more of methadone to get the same high I got at first. Everyone on ... explain... Anyway, I understand if you still choose the methadone route... Apparently, the withdrawals from both are...
... thereafter. Now, I'll be paying $77 a week for the methadone . It may not seem like a huge difference to some, but ... is enormous. The biggest disadvantage I see to the methadone is the daily trip to the clinic. I'm not sure if or...
... again! So about your questions, I've learned that methadone affects everyone differently, it is metabolized differently ... )) I asked the dr. about it, & he explained that methadone is a very strong pain relief drug that it is often ... will treat the pain as he's so close to being off the methadone , that there is no reason for him to be on the 15 mgs ... this well--NOT!!! Gradually as the high from the methadone and the mental re-adapting goes down, you are then ... are some at this clinic who take over 250 mgs. of methadone a day! I can't imagine that, but then there are some...
... worry about not experiencing some sense of euphoria. methadone will provide a mild form of high initially. that was ... to stabilize you will not experience any high from methadone .
you will be thankful for methadone on your first ... physical symptoms.
no you dont withdraw each day. methadone doses last a long time. a term used for methadone ... in your body. 24-36 hours is the general range for methadone . it varies for each person.
withdrawal symptoms...
... you are in a state of withdrawals when you start the methadone treatment on Tuesday, you will feel wonderful after ... your first dose of methadone , even at 30 mg. It's almost a "rush" when the methadone ... matching equivalent doses of narcotics between the methadone and oxy's. You will metabolize the methadone differently ... don't expect the same feeling (or euphoria) from the methadone . Yes, in the beginning of treatment, you will feel ... sense of well being, or euphoria. Some people feel the methadone kick in around an hour an a half after dosing, and ... and be honest with yourself....you're getting into methadone treatment for the wrong reason. The clinics are experts ... have any problem. I was in severe wd when I started methadone , but I felt so much better as soon as I started treatment ... truly wish you the very best in whatever you decide. Methadone treatment has worked far above and beyond anything...
... depressed and low then i felt ever. to me i think sub and methadone do the same basic thing. im glad i found the methadone...
- Is this a crazy idea? 19th September 2004
... you know your other options are rehab, suboxone, or methadone .
Tapering is hard as hell coming off of oxys, i...
- I had my dental procedure today!!!! 17th September 2004
... to the boards. If I fall by the wayside during my methadone maintenance treatment, I hope I can be that brave...
- Some questions how to get started, I would really apperciate some help 17th September 2004
... the treatment center where i am at now. i am in a methadone maintenance treatment program. the best idea would...
- 2 MORE DAYS! I THNIK IM GOING TO DISNEYLAND or REHAB : Is there a difference? 16th September 2004
... never big on group therapy, but when I entered the methadone program, I was required to attend group and individual...
- What have I done? 15th September 2004
... told her I had a drs appt. an hour away
and I got on methadone immediately.
I never thought it would happen to...
... that
money that i wasted away.
I have been on methadone for almost 2 months; it really
isn't too hard, but...
... braces adolescent to now, an almost-50 yr. old woman on methadone , there is so much regret over time lost and money ... then and this is now, and I am commited to making the methadone program work. I've been on it for 10 weeks, and my ... opportunity to be free of the vicodins, the best thing this methadone program has given me is the chance to be honest with ... require something more disciplined, and I chose the methadone program. I might have gone the suboxone route if ... will want, most likely) I will have to get off the methadone , too, and that will not be easy and that is when I...
... how are things going for you? Are you still taking methadone ?
I've gotta go and run some errands, hope to...
... HI Sammi
yes, still on the methadone , 4 a day.
but I have a drs. appt tomorrow and he ... gave me some valium.
that works allright.
The methadone is better than going c/t of course..................
- Fisherman I need advice! 14th September 2004
... you a high... But when asked how easy it was to get methadone on the street compared to Suboxone, I said extremely...
